(a) No person shall park or store, or permit to be parked or stored, within a residential district for a period of more than ten days any unlicensed or licensed motor vehicle not in operating condition, except in an enclosed building or garage. A motor vehicle parked or stored in violation of this section, after ten days notice of such violation by registered mail or by delivery to the owner or person in possession of such premises by the Police Division or the Code Enforcement Officer, may be removed by any Police Officer or at his discretion and shall not be released except upon payment of towing and storage charges. If a motor vehicle that is ordered towed and into storage pursuant to this section remains unclaimed by the owner for thirty days, the procedures established by Ohio R.C. 4513.61 and 4513.62 shall apply.
(Ord. 2023-09. Passed 4-20-23; Ord. 2023-10. Passed 4-20-23.)
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.